Candace Lukasik
@clukasik.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Religion at Mississippi State University | “Martyrs and Migrants” NYU Press | “Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity” Fordham UP | religion, migration, violence, empire
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Candace Lukasik
@clukasik.bsky.social
· Mar 25
Today is publication day! 🎉
Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire, is now available @nyupress.bsky.social.
Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off:
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Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire, is now available @nyupress.bsky.social.
Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off:
nyupress.org/978147983322...
What an incredible week of celebration. Book panels at AAA and MESA, thinking “Martyrs and Migrants” and Sarah Bakker Kellogg’s “Sonic Icons” together, and a brief stop at AAR, reuniting with people that make my heart full. Thank you all!
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
What an incredible week of celebration. Book panels at AAA and MESA, thinking “Martyrs and Migrants” and Sarah Bakker Kellogg’s “Sonic Icons” together, and a brief stop at AAR, reuniting with people that make my heart full. Thank you all!
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We're concluding another successful AAR-SBL gathering, and it’s been wonderful to connect with all our authors in Boston!
With tomorrow as the final day, we're giving away the remaining display books for free! Swing by Booth 813 starting at 8:30!
#AAR #SBL #AARSBL2025
With tomorrow as the final day, we're giving away the remaining display books for free! Swing by Booth 813 starting at 8:30!
#AAR #SBL #AARSBL2025
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We're concluding another successful AAR-SBL gathering, and it’s been wonderful to connect with all our authors in Boston!
With tomorrow as the final day, we're giving away the remaining display books for free! Swing by Booth 813 starting at 8:30!
#AAR #SBL #AARSBL2025
With tomorrow as the final day, we're giving away the remaining display books for free! Swing by Booth 813 starting at 8:30!
#AAR #SBL #AARSBL2025
Our symposium on the 20th anniversary of the release of Saba Mahmood’s Politics of Piety is now available online, with thanks to @biqbal.bsky.social for bringing us together. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Our symposium on the 20th anniversary of the release of Saba Mahmood’s Politics of Piety is now available online, with thanks to @biqbal.bsky.social for bringing us together. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Many thanks to Fiona McCallum Guiney for this detailed and incredibly thoughtful review in @ersjournal.com of ‘Martyrs and Migrants’ @nyupress.bsky.social!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Many thanks to Fiona McCallum Guiney for this detailed and incredibly thoughtful review in @ersjournal.com of ‘Martyrs and Migrants’ @nyupress.bsky.social!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🎉Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics is now available @fordhampress.bsky.social!🎉
fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity
Anthropologically explores the entanglement of theology and politics among contemporary Orthodox Christians Much of the anthropological literature on Christianity tends to concentrate on Protestants a...
fordhampress.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🎉Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics is now available @fordhampress.bsky.social!🎉
fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
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20 years after Saddam Hussein’s fall, what can upcoming elections tell us about the future of #Iraq’s democracy? Read our latest Crown Conversation by Killian Clarke, Candace Lukasik, & Kerem Uşşaklı: www.brandeis.edu/crown/public... | @kbclarke.bsky.social @clukasik.bsky.social
A Thousand Saddams: The Fate of Iraq’s Democracy
www.brandeis.edu
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
20 years after Saddam Hussein’s fall, what can upcoming elections tell us about the future of #Iraq’s democracy? Read our latest Crown Conversation by Killian Clarke, Candace Lukasik, & Kerem Uşşaklı: www.brandeis.edu/crown/public... | @kbclarke.bsky.social @clukasik.bsky.social
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#ERSBookReview 📘
"This book offers a fascinating account of the interconnectedness between empire, migration, religion and race".
Fiona McCallum Guineon reviews Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social by @clukasik.bsky.social
Read the full review: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
"This book offers a fascinating account of the interconnectedness between empire, migration, religion and race".
Fiona McCallum Guineon reviews Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social by @clukasik.bsky.social
Read the full review: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#ERSBookReview 📘
"This book offers a fascinating account of the interconnectedness between empire, migration, religion and race".
Fiona McCallum Guineon reviews Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social by @clukasik.bsky.social
Read the full review: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
"This book offers a fascinating account of the interconnectedness between empire, migration, religion and race".
Fiona McCallum Guineon reviews Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social by @clukasik.bsky.social
Read the full review: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
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Candace will also be hosting a workshop on the following day, where she'll delve into her research with Coptic and Assyrian groups. Explore how everyday life unveils the unseen mechanisms of empires.
Workshop: buff.ly/Kz2qan1
@clukasik.bsky.social
Workshop: buff.ly/Kz2qan1
@clukasik.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Candace will also be hosting a workshop on the following day, where she'll delve into her research with Coptic and Assyrian groups. Explore how everyday life unveils the unseen mechanisms of empires.
Workshop: buff.ly/Kz2qan1
@clukasik.bsky.social
Workshop: buff.ly/Kz2qan1
@clukasik.bsky.social
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Join Candace Lukasik on Oct. 30 for a discussion on "Martyrs and Migrants." Delve into how Coptic Christian migrants reshape religious identity through the imagination of the US empire, and explore the ethics of researching these topics.
Don't miss out!
Don't miss out!
October 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Join Candace Lukasik on Oct. 30 for a discussion on "Martyrs and Migrants." Delve into how Coptic Christian migrants reshape religious identity through the imagination of the US empire, and explore the ethics of researching these topics.
Don't miss out!
Don't miss out!
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Last Thursday marked fourteen years since a very painful date: that of the Maspero Massacre in Egypt. Don't miss this new piece by @amyfallas.bsky.social for @timep.bsky.social looking at the politics of memory, the denial of state culpability, and the injustices that remain even today.
NEW: Fourteen years ago, Egyptian security forces killed 28 and injured hundreds, most of them Copts, in front of the Maspero building. In this piece, Amy Fallas revisits the Maspero Massacre, the refusal to acknowledge the past, and the injustices that persist.
timep.org/2025/10/15/a...
timep.org/2025/10/15/a...
October 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Last Thursday marked fourteen years since a very painful date: that of the Maspero Massacre in Egypt. Don't miss this new piece by @amyfallas.bsky.social for @timep.bsky.social looking at the politics of memory, the denial of state culpability, and the injustices that remain even today.
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A huge congratulations to current YSAR members @clukasik.bsky.social and @riccardiswartz.bsky.social on their book Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics!
Learn more about the book and their incredible work: fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
Learn more about the book and their incredible work: fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A huge congratulations to current YSAR members @clukasik.bsky.social and @riccardiswartz.bsky.social on their book Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics!
Learn more about the book and their incredible work: fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
Learn more about the book and their incredible work: fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
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This past weekend we hosted another round of YSAR sessions! Scholars bonded, learned, ate, and explored Indianapolis.
Learn more about the program and the current cohorts: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
Learn more about the program and the current cohorts: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
October 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This past weekend we hosted another round of YSAR sessions! Scholars bonded, learned, ate, and explored Indianapolis.
Learn more about the program and the current cohorts: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
Learn more about the program and the current cohorts: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
I am very much looking forward to my visit to @cmu.edu later this month thanks to @nevineabraham.bsky.social for organizing a rich 2 day visit with a book talk, class visit, and workshop (link in comments). If you are in the area, please join us! @nyupress.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I am very much looking forward to my visit to @cmu.edu later this month thanks to @nevineabraham.bsky.social for organizing a rich 2 day visit with a book talk, class visit, and workshop (link in comments). If you are in the area, please join us! @nyupress.bsky.social
Next Wednesday! @nyupress.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Next Wednesday! @nyupress.bsky.social
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On Friday, October 10 at 12 PM ET, AAR's Middle Eastern Christianity Program Unit is hosting a webinAAR on "Theology after Gaza: A Global Anthology" (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2025) as part of our Fall Fridays Scholarship Series. Register now! aarweb.org/event/theolo...
Theology after Gaza: A Global Anthology – AAR
An AAR Fall Fridays WebinAAR Hosted by AAR’s Middle Eastern Christianity Program Unit As part of the Fall Fridays Scholarship WebinAAR Series, this panel of scholars will discuss a groundbreaking…
aarweb.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
On Friday, October 10 at 12 PM ET, AAR's Middle Eastern Christianity Program Unit is hosting a webinAAR on "Theology after Gaza: A Global Anthology" (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2025) as part of our Fall Fridays Scholarship Series. Register now! aarweb.org/event/theolo...
Friends and colleagues—I hope you can join us for an upcoming @aarweb.bsky.social WebinAAR conversation on "Theology after Gaza: A Global Anthology" this coming Friday October 10 at 12pm ET. Please see the details here:
aarweb.org/event/theolo...
aarweb.org/event/theolo...
Theology after Gaza: A Global Anthology – AAR
An AAR Fall Fridays WebinAAR Hosted by AAR’s Middle Eastern Christianity Program Unit As part of the Fall Fridays Scholarship WebinAAR Series, this panel of scholars will discuss a groundbreaking volu...
aarweb.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Friends and colleagues—I hope you can join us for an upcoming @aarweb.bsky.social WebinAAR conversation on "Theology after Gaza: A Global Anthology" this coming Friday October 10 at 12pm ET. Please see the details here:
aarweb.org/event/theolo...
aarweb.org/event/theolo...
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miriam ticktin's new book will be out in december press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... against innocence: undoing and remaking the world
Against Innocence
A provocative critique of how the concept of innocence functions in contemporary politics and society. In this timely and bold book, Miriam Ticktin explores how a concept that consistently appears as ...
press.uchicago.edu
September 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
miriam ticktin's new book will be out in december press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... against innocence: undoing and remaking the world
Looking forward to my first Fall book talk for Martyrs and Migrants at the Croft Institute @olemiss.bsky.social!
@nyupress.bsky.social
@nyupress.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Looking forward to my first Fall book talk for Martyrs and Migrants at the Croft Institute @olemiss.bsky.social!
@nyupress.bsky.social
@nyupress.bsky.social
The second review of Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social written by Helana Marie Boutros has just been published in @amanthro.bsky.social. I have so much gratitude for this engagement with the book that centers its theological aspects and methodological-conceptual work.
September 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The second review of Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social written by Helana Marie Boutros has just been published in @amanthro.bsky.social. I have so much gratitude for this engagement with the book that centers its theological aspects and methodological-conceptual work.
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Excited to have a chapter in this volume!
Our edited volume proofs for ‘Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics’—Available for pre-order now and out in November! With Foreword from Sonja Thomas and Afterword from Angie Heo fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
August 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Excited to have a chapter in this volume!
Our edited volume proofs for ‘Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics’—Available for pre-order now and out in November! With Foreword from Sonja Thomas and Afterword from Angie Heo fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
August 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Our edited volume proofs for ‘Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics’—Available for pre-order now and out in November! With Foreword from Sonja Thomas and Afterword from Angie Heo fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
Another extensive review in Arabic of “Martyrs and Migrants” @nyupress.bsky.social from Coptic novelist Shady Lewis Botros—very grateful for this in depth engagement with the book!
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"شهداء ومهاجرون":أقباط في ظل الإمبراطورية
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July 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Another extensive review in Arabic of “Martyrs and Migrants” @nyupress.bsky.social from Coptic novelist Shady Lewis Botros—very grateful for this in depth engagement with the book!
rb.gy/73wmdi
rb.gy/73wmdi
The first review of Martyrs and Migrants (@nyupress.bsky.social) written by Nevine Abraham has just been published with the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES). I am so grateful for this generous and thoughtful engagement!
July 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The first review of Martyrs and Migrants (@nyupress.bsky.social) written by Nevine Abraham has just been published with the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES). I am so grateful for this generous and thoughtful engagement!
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📚📚📚New Book Review📚📚📚
Nada Moumtaz reviews // “Devotion to the administrative state: Religion and social order in Egypt” // by Mona Oraby @princetonupress.bsky.social 2024
Find it here in AE 52.3 Early View: ⤵️
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Nada Moumtaz reviews // “Devotion to the administrative state: Religion and social order in Egypt” // by Mona Oraby @princetonupress.bsky.social 2024
Find it here in AE 52.3 Early View: ⤵️
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
📚📚📚New Book Review📚📚📚
Nada Moumtaz reviews // “Devotion to the administrative state: Religion and social order in Egypt” // by Mona Oraby @princetonupress.bsky.social 2024
Find it here in AE 52.3 Early View: ⤵️
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Nada Moumtaz reviews // “Devotion to the administrative state: Religion and social order in Egypt” // by Mona Oraby @princetonupress.bsky.social 2024
Find it here in AE 52.3 Early View: ⤵️
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...